Presenter information
gapminder.org

Patrick Galuska

pgaluska@wssd.k12.pa.us

CFF Coach

West Shore School District

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mappingworlds.com
capitolwords.org

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wordle.net
miniature earth
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Blogging Notes

11 ½ days If you give a dollar every second
31.7 years to reach a billion
32,000 years to reach a trillion

Open to Interpretation

Facts….on Picaso Picture---
Large Arms
Head Split in Half

Now Interpret this information?

We know facts in History ….but we need to Interpret

The world is dynamic—there are many misconceptions by using Statistics.
Students are Self Centered—Teenagers by nature are majorly concerned about their social status. They really do not have global statistics that they will need in the future.

The Big Picture is where we need to look at in Social Studies

World (UUord.com)

You can view the population.
You can also view oil consumption. (7 means move decimal over 7 places)

Exports—Will show comparisons
Over 10,000 categories

Gapminder.org

X Axis—Children per Woman
Y Axis—Life Expectancies

Circles are countries—Bigger the circles the bigger the countries
The giant Red Dot is China
The light blue dot is India

How have things change from 1950’s until now
If you play this now….you can see how things have changed over the years.

Highlight the countries you just want to look at…For example, China and United States. If you track it you will see that we are consuming about 3 times the amount of oil than China. (China is about ¾ larger than we are…Interesting discussion!)

Income and Life Expectancy…..View and Interpret

The more money you have the longer you are going to live.

Show.mappingworlds.com

Show Population---Map changes….You can put mouse over country and see actual number

Show United States
Show Democrats in Congress

Wordle—http://www.wordle.net

www.capitolwords.com

Tells you what words congress used the most in the last month
Darker States have the most outspoken congressmen

You can also look at specific days
You can also search for a specific word—It will show who is talking about immigration the most.

Google

If you were studying the revolution war—If you type in revolution war you are getting just stuff from US.

How about getting British Perspective on Revolution War.

Go to advanced Search
Type in Revolutionary War
Select UK

Now you will get research from Great Britain